Britain Greece and China Need U S Aid, Morgenthau Says
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Britain Greece and China cannot continue to fight without the administration’s British aid bill. He said Britain has exhausted dollar exchange for war supplies and that 2000 fighting planes are stalled for cash. He warned Congress to pass the bill or Britain China and Greece would face an end to their resistance.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Senate Foreign Relation Committee
Great Britain
Greece
China
Treasury
Britain
Congress
Capitol
George C. Marshall
Army
George H. Brett
Peace or War Issue With Hitler Declared by Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont told a New York Merchants Association luncheon and NBC Blue broadcast that entering the war is neither necessary nor desirable. He urged quick passage of Britain aid measures but warned the peace or war issue rests with Hitler and urged national unity to support the President.
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New York
Thomas W. Lamont
Merchants’ Association of New York
NBC Blue
Congress
Britain
J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc
England
Hitler
America
County sportsmen urged to aid pollution cleanup efforts
Carl H. Nolting, chairman of the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries, urged local sportsmen to assist in pollution control. He said Virginia lacks adequate laws and hopes legislation will protect remaining unpolluted streams. The Opequon near Winchester has sunfish wiped out by pollution from nine large local discharges.
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Carl H. Nolting
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia
Opequon
Winchester
Pines
Spell Denies Violence in Strubing Rape Case
In Bridgeport Connecticut Joseph Spell 31 testified in Superior Court he used no violence or threats in the December incident involving Mrs Eleanor Strubing of Greenwich. He said he went to her room asked for money and was told she could keep what she had. He claimed fear someone might see them and mentioned Mr Strubing being away on business.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Joseph Spell
Eleanor Strubing
Greenwich
Strubing
Mr . Strubing
Ben Strubing
Princeton
New York
Farmer Becomes Heroic Fireman In His Nighties
LANCASTER Pa Jan 28 Members of the Howard Harrison family were driven into deep snow in their bare feet today by a fire that destroyed their farm home near Kirk county wood in southern Lancaster Harrison leaped from a second floor window raised a ladder and rescued his wife their 13 year old daughter Marion their son Everett Everett s wife and infant son Wearing only night clothing we ran to a neighbor s home to summon firemen The family huddled in the barn until he arrived with clothes.
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Lancaster
Howard Harrison
Kirk County Wood
Harrison
Marion
Everett
Local Streams To Be Stocked In Frederick County
G W Buller announces trout stocking planned for Back Creek from above the sand plant dam to Rock Elon Run, three miles southwest of Gore, with possible addition of Duck Run if conditions allow. Shenandoah streams and Cedar Creek also receive regular stocking, while Opequon Creek remains limited by past pollution. Smallmouth bass stocking continues in the Shenandoah river basin across multiple counties.
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G. W. Buller
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Back Creek
Frederick County
Sand Plant
Rock Elon Run
Gore
Buller
Star Tannery
Shenandoah
Cedar Creek
Opequon
Opequon Creek
Frederick
Winchester
Shenandoah River
Clarke
Page
Warren
Weather Outlook For Mid Atlantic January 29 February 1
Washington forecast indicates a mixed period with generally fair and moderately cold first days followed by warmer air bringing rain or snow in the southern portion. Temperatures expected to run near normal.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic
Snowbound trip and elusive aircraft rumors echo through Winchester
City and County Brevities report M E Coe and Fred Stine faced a snowbound hike to Dr Lepper to discuss poultry issues but their car stuck four miles from the farm. Dr Lepper was said to have left for Bluefield, and rumors circulated about an army plane crash near Winchester with no confirmed sighting. Frederick White Jr. sustained cuts from a sled accident after a collision with another youth at 510 South Kent Street.
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M. E. Coe
Fred Stine
David Lepper
Bluefield
Harry Light
Stonewall
Dr. Lepper
Winchester
Telehone
Gore
Roundill
Jacob Rosenberger
Frederick White, Jr
South Kent Street
Memorial Hospital
School Issue To Be Settled Next Tuesday
In Boyce Clarke County Virginia a mass meeting of about 1000 patrons and taxpayers pressed for a new Junior High School. A Berryville meeting next Tuesday will adopt the budget which will likely include a building fund though specifics remain unsettled. The state architect’s report flags structural deficiencies but notes no immediate danger.
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Clarke County
Boyce
Clarke Board of Supervisors
Archie. Robertson
Berryville
Clarence Glasscock
Taxpayers’ Committee
Hugh Ritter
Mr. Anderson
Winchester
Raymond V. Long
Willkie Visits Commons Amid Air Raid Siren Watching
Wendell L. Willkie sat in the visitors’ gallery as opposition leaders attacked government action against the Daily Worker. He toured the Bank of England, met Governor Montagu Norman, and faced London’s first air raid sirens since Thursday without a gas mask. Invited by English mayors, he planned further town visits.
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London
Wendell L. Willkie
House of Commons
Daily Worker
Communist Party
United States
Willkie
Aneurin Bevan
War Underground
Britain
Commons
Bank of England
Montagu Norman
Norman
England
St. Paul's Cathedral
President's Birthday Ball Aids Infantile Paralysis Drive
A polio benefit ball closes a month long Winchester drive at the George Washington hotel on Thursday night. Dancing 10 p m to 1 a m with Julius Luria and his Diplomats, tickets sold heavily in advance. The Junior Board of Trade sponsors. proceeds split with half staying locally and half to the national foundation.
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Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Julius Luria
Martinsburg
Junior Board of Trade
Paralysis Fund
James Davis
Ce Committee
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Frederick county heir dead in Alexandria stroke
John Taylor Stephenson longtime Frederick county native died at 6 AM in Alexandria Virginia after a Sunday stroke. He was 61, survived by wife Margaret Moss, daughter Polly Stephenson and brother Henry N Stephenson. Funeral plans pending with interment in Alexandria. He worked for Southern Railway and later ran a railway supply business.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Alexandria
Southern Railway
Stephenson
Margaret Moss
Prince George County
Polly Stephenson
Henry N. Stephenson
Winchester
Alexander
Frederick County
British raid on Elbasani and Greek counterattacks reported
Athens dispatch says British air command announced a lash ing raid on Elbasani central Albania while Greek land forces repelled wave after wave of Fascist counter attacks north of Klisura. Bangkok reports a new Thai crisis as French Indochina allegedly violates the truce and heavy fighting resumes on most fronts.
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Athens
Italy
Elbasani
Klisura
Preme
Iron Guard Gun Used in Bucharest Assassination Claim
Dimitri Sarandos testifies at his trial that Major Doering was killed with a revolver supplied by an Iron Guard policeman. The alleged assassination occurred ten days prior in Bucharest amid wartime tensions.
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Bucharest
Dimitri Sarandos
Doering
Iron Guard
Free French Strike Fezzan Oasis Front in Libya
Free French forces from Chad in Equatorial Africa joined British drives in Libya and East Africa to strike the Italian empire on the Fezzan oasis front in southwestern Libya, British sources said tonight.
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Equatorial Africa
Britain
Libya
East Africa
Italy
Fezzan
Prisoner Beaten to Death by Inmates at Virginia Penitentiary
A life-term prisoner, Robie Beavers, 25, was fatally injured by two fellow inmates at the Virginia State Penitentiary while working on a Frederick county road camp. Beavers and Edward Jewell, 21, were serving life sentences after pleading guilty to a 1938 road camp incident involving Roanoke victim Clinewell. Floyd Smith, 22, also implicated, had pleaded guilty in 1937 to separate charges. The attack used an iron pipe and 16-pound sledge hammer. investigators were called by Commonwealth's Attorney T Gray Haddon.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
Frederick County
Rice M. Youell
Robie Beavers
Russell County
Major Youell
Floyd W. B. Smith
Chesterfield County
Edward Jewell
Buchanan County
Beavers
Jewell
Smith
Comonwealth
T. Gray Haddon
Roanoke
Beavers and
Frederick
Oe Clinewell
Clinewell
Muskrat Skinners Warm Up For National Contest
Four champion skinners prepared for the weekend national muskrat skinning contest held in Campbridge Maryland. Today's meet featured George R. North of Drawbridge versus Curtis Insley and Mrs. Elzey Keene against Mrs. Insley in the eastern shore skinning event.
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Muskrat Skinners
Campbridge
George R. North
Drawbridge
Curtis Insley
Elzey Keene
Leahy Sees British Victory Likely in War
Admiral William D. Leahy, U S ambassador to France, stated that he personally believes Britain can and will prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. He refuted Belgian reports claiming he doubted British prospects.
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Vichy
France
William D. Leahy
United States
Belgium
Bernard O Leary Dies Suddenly in Richmond
Bernard O Leary a native of Winchester and longtime Richmond businessman died suddenly at his home in Richmond this morning from a heart attack. He was 66, son of the late Mr and Mrs William O Leary and brother of Arthur O Leary of Winchester. The body will be brought to Winchester for interment as funeral arrangements are awaited tomorrow.
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Bernard O'Leary
Winchester
Richmond
Ursula O'Leary
Arthur O'Leary
William O'Leary
Mr. O'Leary
Guggenheim Medal For Glenn Martin
Glenn L. Martin, president of the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, will receive the Daniel Guggenheim medal tonight for contributions to aeronautical development and the production of many high performance aircraft.
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New York
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Daniel Guggenheim
Bombs Hit London As Air Raids Return
London reports a day of heavy bombing with high explosive and fire bombs. An anti aircraft barrage engaged a distant aircraft while sirens rang again after a lull. A woman was killed in a residential street and several homes suffered damage with no further major casualties reported.
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London
Empress of Australia torpedoed off West Africa. safety claimed
AP reports the 21,833 ton Empress of Australia was torpedoed and shelled by a submarine about 200 miles from West Africa. London says she is safe in port for security reasons. The liner once ferried King George VI and Queen Elizabeth across the Atlantic in 1939.
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Associated Press
West Africa
London
Atlantic
Britain
Wendell L. Willkie
Rome
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Africa
Albania
British Isles
Mussolini
Sone
Incl
Notice on cedar planting near orchards in Frederick County
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association warns property owners in towns and Frederick County that planting or transplanting red cedar bushes or trees within three miles of a commercial orchard is unlawful. The notice appears in the January 24 1928 edition.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Fruit Growers Association
Bingo Tonight at the Club Plaza
A notice announces a bingo game at the Club Plaza venue starting at 9 o'clock tonight. The item lists the time and location with no additional details.
Meal Options Including Meats Two Vegetables Beverage Dessert
A dated menu item lists choices of meats two vegetables a beverage and a dessert. The note indicates selections for January 28 1930 and February 1 1931 with unspecified dishes.
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Brett
Committee of House
Lamont
Farmer
Duck Run
St. Paul’s Cathedral
King George
Eddy Gilmore
Dr. Davis
J. T. Stephenson
John Taylor Stephenson
Henry Neville Stephenson
Bulletins
Bangkok
Thailand
Siam
Free French
Cairo
Egypt
Chad
Lifer
Leahy
Bernard O’ Leary
Glenn Martin
Axis
Bulletin
Chapin
Wyoming Rough Riders
Foxhall Kitchen
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